... repeal of the Corn Laws was the Reform Bill, which Sir Robert had opposed. This is true; but it is equally true, that Sir Robert has more faithfully adhered to that measure than have some of its promoters. As for the repeal of the Corn Laws, the merit may ...

... whow promisedait when pth corn lawe shouldrbe repealed. Where are thestndard-bears notfo the wredi-kwpbig and little loda? Who stans fowar to ulfl th proise of hos days of delitsion whe th cy o ceapbred ntrpp4 vte? The corn laws reNADAIn a parliamentary ...

... position that the Corn Laws were unjust, Sir Robert maintained that their suppor- ters were bound to shew that they were for the good of the country. This he denied; and he refused assent to the propo- sltion that a free-trade in corn would render us ...

... yet on other grounds, his opi- of nion was that the Corn Laws should be reconsidered. (Cheers.) n- Still he was of opinion that he was not the person upon whom an the charge of altering the Corn Laws ou~ght to devolve, as minis- ad ter of the crown. He ...

... an inquiry into the Corn- Law League. Lord Ki7anaird, as a member of the League, courted inquiry. It was composed of men of all parties, and even of men who did not approve of the League, but who were desirous of seeing the Corn-Laws repealed. The League ...

... afforded the finest elements 1U for the calculation of the amount of our commercial prosperity. With -regard to the Corn Laws, the law of 1842 had worked well: it had secured steadiness in price, and he would not consent to its v alteration. The Right ...

... subjectof the corn laws whic-hsurprised every one. Heide- d -nied the charge. Last year,.when Mir Villiers brougist' forward t his annual motion for the repeal of the corn laws, he had stated v in his place in Parliament that he could notdsfend the ...

... eveFly other drill; and on inquiring how they had kept in the ground, it seems not better than in the pits. In regard to the corn laws,. our belief is, that had they con- formed themselves to the Deculiar circaumstane of this year-had they admitted the good ...

... rom-Aberdeen, in favour :of the pfopesed commercial pdticy of her Majesty's Government ; but prayng that the r~e~pel of the corn laws may be immediate. Mdr Duncan presented a petition from certain sdpowners in Dundee in favou-rof the proposed measure of-her ...

... compared ag with the latter. a- THE CORN BILL. an Protest against the third reading of a Bill to amend the laws i- relating to the Importation of Corn:- ,r- Dissentient- rd Because the bill for repealing the corn laws is not accom- ill ...

... It was said by, Lord Stanley that every other country had a corn law. True; but what sort of a corn law ? Nothing like ours. And his lordship read a description of the protective corn laws of the countries ...

... with a massive silver jug, as an expression of their grati- tude for the measure framed by him for the abolition of the Corn Laws, and of their admiration of his independent, eloquent, and successfnl sueport of the princioies of free-trade. EDINBURGH ...